Since gasoline because unusable after awhile, most cars will become obstacles and block up roads.
So we of course want something that can zip around the roads!
The main advantages I see are:
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Peddle when out of juice
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Peddling charges the batteries, so in an emergency you can turn on the battery
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The batteries can reasonably be charged by solar panels that a lot of houses have.
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Gets around all the blocked roads.
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Generally easier to repair.
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The distance travelled on a full battery is absurd
I don’t expect any movies to put their heroes on an eBike, but they should!
IDK just thought you’d appreciate my dumb thought XD Any other reasons why during an apocalypse you should find an ebike?
Sure, but something will fail within 5 years that likely you will not be able to fix.
Just get a bike. Attach a batter motor to it if you want, but have it be mainly mechanical bike. Also the battery is a consumable, remember that.
Source: I have been preparing for nuclear devastation since the mid 70s.
Electrics are a fun idea but unless it is basic enough you can fix it with random parts, it is not viable long term if society collapses.
Honestly, a horse is probably the best, or several horses for preference.
I agree. Batteries are the worst part of the setup to me, with diy options being terrible on weight to power density.
Other super solid option. Also a portable power storage and a portable motor is super useful if you’re creative with it.
Pump water, winch this to places (food storage hanging in a tree, packs up steep or vertical travel), run power tools (saws, routers, etc) or run a fan.
Kind of wonder what a attachment system for a bike motor looks for this tbh, but some of these only make sense with the motor and not just pedal power.
Dude what, no, pedalling doesn’t charge the battery on any single ebike I’ve heard of: https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/do-electric-bikes-charge-when-you-pedal/
That would be horrible lol. Maybe if it were configurable. 1% slow down to charge it in a few days would be kinda cool.
IRL or in the apocalypse? I mean in either case you have to not be using power while it charges. A dead e-bike is way more work than a regular bike. There would also inherently be a fair bit of loss in the mechanical>electrical>mechanical conversion.
Personally, I would probably just stick with a regular bicycle: I don’t have enough solar panels to even come close to powering my ebike nor do I have a method to transfer the power. Electricity would probably be reserved for navigation devices if available, lights, etc.
A bicycle will never lose power and if you have a dynamo you can even use it to generate power. In an apocalypse type scenario, that seems pretty ideal unless you’re exceptionally well provisioned and have a good understanding of electrical engineering.
If Prayer of the Rollerboys can put them in Rollerblade, surely they can put them on ebikes?
